Thursday, 27 October 2011

Westfield Stratford




As i haven't done my bit for this blog, i thought i might as well start today.

Hello, my name is Sanoobar and i have an addiction. Such a serious addiction that it takes up my every thought, process and action during the day. I am, my dear readers, a shopoholic. Now before you scoff at my admission and think, typical a woman addicted to shopping, i need to show how badly i am obsessed with it. Westfield Stratford City has opened up just down the road from me and i have now officially visited it so often that i know the location of every store, brand and concession in its vicinity.

I know who will give you the best service and who will give you the less so friendly customer service. For the record, best service is at MAC where this lovely woman will give you one of the most unique make up sessions i have ever had. She didn't treat my acne like i was a leach and she listened attentively and talked about 'enhancing' my features rather than covering them up. For the guys out there, head to Burtons. We had a very polite sales assistant patiently size up my very impatient brother for a suit and even helped him plan what he was going to wear for a wedding for all three days (Asian weddings!).

The worst, now in any other high street, i would say Primark. However, they were floored by Forever 21. I wanted a cardigan hung up quite high in the store.. ridiculous i know. So i called the sales girl who went off to ten minutes looking for the pole to get it down, without telling me where she was going. After returning, she simply used a hanger and jumped up and down and pulled my cardigan off the hanger and down to my feet. She then picked it up off the floor and shoved it at me, lovely. The tills girl was even worse, she looked bewildered and kept asking whether my card was a debit or credit card, why this mattered, god only knows!

Food, now this is what i am most excited about. Firstly, Mr Pretzel is finally near me, hurrah!! The tasters they give out are simply heavenly so if you can't be tempted by a whole one, check these out. I am also a HUGE fan of Indian street food. For those of you who haven't tried it, head to INDIGO. They are in the food court, right next to YO! Sushi on the third floor and they do the best pani puri and bhel puri i have had in a long while. And before you ask, there isn't a beaker in site like.. ahem... Masala Zone.

Parking, now this is a very important thing to remember. They are giving you the first two hours free and take advantage of that, otherwise you will end up paying £2 an hour and it adds up. Also AVOID AVOID AVOID Sundays 6pm rush. It took me 1hour 30minutes, just to leave the car park. The queue in fact was so long that some drivers started to use the entrance spiral as the exit, total nightmare!

Anyway, enough from me. Please feel free and until next time, byeee!